Amazing. This is an anti-Semitic piece from Iranian TV. *Very* evocative of Passion of the Christ.

" A TV series currently being broadcast on Iranian television features an odious scene of Jews eagerly stoning crucified Christians. As-hab Al-Kahaf (The People of the Cave) is a fictionalized account of the Roman oppression of the early Christians, based on the ancient tradition of the Seven Sleepers. In one scene, the Romans have crucified a number of Christians. Stereotypically evil-looking Jews wearing prayer shawls notice the crucifixions, and bribe the Roman officer to permit them to stone the Christians."

I'm going to vote for this because I think it's good to know what and where biggotry exists . . . plus I'm Jewish.

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I've never understood Christian anti-semitism. Christ was a big Jew. I mean big time - , bagels and lox, matza balls the whole shmiel. (excuse my pseudo-yiddish).

No one is talking about invading Mel Gibson.

Correct. Nobody is talking about invading Mel Gibson, nor are we particularly worried about his developing nuclear capability.
But he did create a film with some remarkable scenes. By posting this, I'm remarking how similar parts of the Passion of the Christ are to parts of an Iranian television program -- in particular, the anti-Semitic parts.
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Found at AndrewSullivan.com:

"Leon Wieseltier also called it like it was:
In its representation of its Jewish characters, The Passion of the Christ is without any doubt an anti-Semitic movie, and anybody who says otherwise knows nothing, or chooses to know nothing, about the visual history of anti-Semitism, in art and in film. What is so shocking about Gibson's Jews is how unreconstructed they are in their stereotypical appearances and actions. These are not merely anti-Semitic images; these are classically anti-Semitic images."
http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/2006/08/not_all_were_fo_1.html

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